Akantalapė karlina – Carlina acanthifolia

Akantalapė karlina

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant nameAkantalapė karlina
Latin plant nameCarlina acanthifolia All.
English plant nameGolden Thistle
TYPE OF PARTERRE
  • Clump, beds (mixborder)
  • Groups
  • Rockery, retaining walls
ASSORTMENTsupplementary
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil
  • dry soils
Lighting
  • Heliophilous
Spacing, cmFrom 20 to 30
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height
  • very short (foreground plants) – till 20 cm height
Habitusflower with non-expressive habitus, for background
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color
  • green
Blossom color
  • yellow, yellow tints
Blooming time
  • 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period2 months
General ornamentalityaverage decorative
Ornamentality duration, months5
Groupintermediate type perennial (grown 5-6 years)
Bioecological groupPerennial
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: seeds, rarely by scrub division. 230-250 seeds per 1 gram. 1000 seedlings per 8 - 10 grams of seeds sown. Seeds are sown in boxes in green houses in April or in beds outdoors in May. Scrub division is difficult.